The lyrics for "Awake" were adapted from "The Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam. The lyrics for "The Longest Night" were inspired by Wilfred Owen's poem of 1918. "Ready to Go Home" was written by Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman of 10cc and appeared on Mirror Mirror (1995).
Geoff Downes had mixed feelings about the album's production. He stated "It was good to start with, but I think because of the duration of the album - at the end of it we felt it had gone in a slightly different direction than we wanted it to. In hindsight, sometimes these things happen."

During the group's Christmas holiday break in 1995, a pipe had burst in the Electric Palace studio, destroying thousands of dollars of equipment. Upon returning in January of 1996, it was discovered that a box of tapes filled with unused material had survived among the wreckage. This led to the release of Archiva 1 and Archiva 2 later that year, the latter of which contained the song "That Season", originally meant for inclusion on Arena.

Asia's previous album, Aria, received little promotion due to low sales figures, leading to dwindling audience turnouts during the 1994 tour. Motivated by this, Geoff Downes and John Payne opted to take the followup in a new, bold direction to salvage things. Steve Howe was contacted to return for recording sessions, but was unable to join due to his obligations with Yes at the time. John Payne, Elliot Randall, and Aziz Ibrahim each shared guitar duties on the album.

Aura is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Asia. As a result of the diverse array of guest musicians, Aura had a wide mix of sounds with some songs trying to replicate Asia's earlier style, while others retained the more acoustic Latin production started by Arena five years prior.

Arena is a very, very different album from its two predecessors, Aqua and Aria, and represents a definite transition from the hair-band screeches - that the indefatigable, though often execrated, John Payne was waaay too fond of - into a more mellow and melodic sound that reaches its peak with "Aura." I was able to download "Into the Arena" and "Arena" online, and they were good enough to convince me to purchase the CD.

Silent Nation is the ninth studio album by British rock band Asia, released in 2004. It was the last album with longtime vocalist and bassist John Payne, prior to the reunion of the original line-up in 2006.

Aqua är det progressiva rockbandet Asias fjärde studioalbum, utgivet 1992.
Albumet var Asias första med helt nytt material på sju år och gruppen hade en delvis ny uppsättning. Sångaren och basisten John Payne medverkade här för första gången, han skulle sedan komma att ha en central roll i bandet fram till återföreningen av originaluppsättningen 2006. Även gitarristen Al Pitrelli, som tidigare spelat med Alice Cooper, var ny. Steve Howe hade lämnat bandet, men återkom som gäst på flera av låtarna.

Aqua ist das vierte Studioalbum der englischen AOR-/Progressive-Rock-Band Asia, aus dem Jahr 1992.

Aria è il quinto album discografico del gruppo rock britannico Asia, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica Bullet-Proof Records nell'aprile del 1994.

Aria is the fifth studio album by British rock band Asia, released in June 1994 in the United Kingdom by Bullet Proof Records and in 1995 in the United States by Mayhem Recordings. Unlike its predecessor, which was recorded with the help of several guest musicians, Aria features a stable line-up consisting of vocalist and bassist John Payne, keyboard player Geoff Downes, guitarist Al Pitrelli and drummer Michael Sturgis.

Aqua was released on 8 June 1992 in the United Kingdom by Musidisc and 15 September 1992 in the United States by Great Pyramid Records. The U.S. edition features a modified cover and different track listing, in which "Little Rich Boy" is omitted.

Aqua was recorded at Advision Studios in Brighton, England, and produced by Downes. The cover artwork was designed by Rodney Matthews, known for his work with Eloy and Magnum among others, and featured the group's logotype designed by Roger Dean, who had created the covers of all previous studio recordings.

In April 1991, original vocalist and bassist John Wetton departed from Asia, discouraged by the group's lack of success in the United States. He was replaced by John Payne, who accepted an invitation from keyboard player Geoff Downes to join the group. This duo would eventually lead Asia through to 2006. Although being in an official capacity, two other co-founders, guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Carl Palmer, were involved sporadically, as Howe returned during the sessions having just left Yes again, and Palmer would leave soon, committing to a reunion of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The line-up was completed by American guitarist Al Pitrelli, who collaborated with Alice Cooper from 1989 to 1991. Several additional musicians were invited as guests, including drummer Simon Phillips.

Recorded live at the Moscow Olympijski Stadium in November 1990, the album includes versions of the King Crimson classics Starless and Book of Saturday.

Phoenix is the tenth studio album by British rock band Asia, released in 2008. It was the first studio recording with the original line-up after the reunion in 2006.